Alcaraz takes revenge against Aliassime and is already two games away from number one

Carlos Alcaraz came to Indian Wells immersed in the doubts that his recent and repeated physical problems forced, but he also did it to win. He warned him before starting his journey in the tournament and days later, he is already in the semifinals after completing a new tennis exhibition in his litmus test, before a Happy Auger-Also who had been, until now, his great villain on the ATP circuit. The Spanish tennis player, excellent in the rest and the right, took revenge against the Canadian player and beat him by 6-4, 6-4 to enter the semifinals of the Masters 1000 and place only two games away from returning to number one. His next rival, in the semifinals, will be the Italian Jannik Sinnerwho beat the current tournament champion, Taylor Fritz, in three sets.

First top-10 for alcaraz so far this season and just as it happened in the previous meetings in the Masters 1000 de Indian Wells, triumph without palliatives of the Spanish. In a magnificent first set, in which he squeezed the rest in each game, before, during and after taking the desired loot in the form of a break, Carlitos built an advantage that he would confirm in the second, in which Auger-Also he resisted, coming back from an initial break against, to end up losing again 6-4 to a tennis player who continues to prove to be 100% both in physical terms and determination.

came alcaraz to the quarterfinals of Indian Wells with a full tank after Jack Draper It only lasted three quarters of an hour on the track in the previous round. In that time, Carlos had plenty of time to demonstrate once again the great sensations displayed on a track that fits him wonderfully. However, his stumbling block in the quarterfinals was already a proven tennis player among the best, number 10 in the ranking, a Happy Auger-Also that in the three previous commitments with the one from El Palmar he had taken the cat to water, taking a villain vitola that alcaraz I would like to turn it around.

For it, Carlos He started very concentrated, more if possible than in any other game of the year, and prepared to deal his first blow to the game as soon as the Canadian was distracted. Auger-Also He fools no one and is, despite the improvement in his backhand, a serve and a forehand on par with the best on the circuit. alcaraz he knew it and with a more complete palette, he tried to percussion in the seconds of Félixtaking the battle to reverse so that when he passed his drive he did so to tip the balance.

Carlitos does not forgive

We did not have to wait too long to see the first break of the contest, which was for alcaraz after a kilometric game with 2-2, in which he needed up to five break points to confirm his first advantage in the match. The Murcian raised his fist, aware of the importance of what he had achieved. From then on, and maintaining his outstanding service level, demonstrated throughout the tournament of Indian Wells, Carlitos He closed the first set 6-4 and left half the job done.

Taking advantage of the victor’s inertia, Carlos He managed to start by also breaking in the second set, in a game that he came back with astonishing ease and hooking very complicated shots for any of the mortals. However alcarazwho is chosen to make the impossible possible, is still deadly when it comes to managing advantages, and could not confirm the break in a game of oversight in which Auger-Also evened the balance.

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Alcaraz and calm before winning

News, first break against alcaraz throughout the tournament, and it would be the last in a match that was going to enter a new climate, with both contestants marking territory with a serve that for a few minutes was limited territory for the receivers, even though we were talking about two of the best on the circuit .

However, when the decisive phase arrived, determination and tension once again acquired a preponderant role and there are very, very few like Carlos alcaraz. Knowing that he was only two games away from victory, the Spanish tennis player took his arm for a walk and cracked the doubts of Auger-Also, abandoned at the worst moment for his serve, to add the decisive break and then, following the same guidelines but serving, consolidate with the game that gave him victory, the revenge against the player he had never beaten and the pass to the semifinals of the Masters 1000 de Indian Wellswhere you will meet an old man known as Jannik Sinner.